All Branches Closed Sunday December 21

All branches close on Sunday, December 21, 2025. This includes branches with Extended Access.

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All Branches Closed for Christmas and Boxing Day

All branches close on December 25 and 26 for Christmas and Boxing Day. This includes branches with Extended Access.

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All Branches Closed Sunday December 28

All branches close on Sunday, December 28, 2025. This includes branches with Extended Access.

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All Branches Closed for New Years Day

All branches close on Thursday January 1 for New Years Day. This includes branches with Extended Access.

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Study Halls - Holiday Break

Study Halls will be paused from Friday, December 19, and resume on Monday, January 5, 2026.

www.hpl.ca/study-halls

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 9:15am
Telephone Service - Technical Issues

Please note that the 905-546-3200 main line is experiencing technical issues today, Monday, December 8. Members can still reach Staff at 289-779-7588 or by email or through chat online. We are working quickly to resolve the issue. Thank you for your patience.

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Monday, December 8, 2025 - 7:30pm
Replacement and Damage Fees

Bring back your borrowed library items (due Oct 1 or later) within 28 days to avoid a replacement or lost fee. We'll remove the fee when you bring back your overdue items. 

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Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 3:00pm

Murdoch Collection: Alphabetical Listing

Hagersville - 13 January 1951, 4 October 1952, 14 January 1961

Haileybury - 22 October 1955

Haliburton - 11 June 1955, 6 June 1959, 19 September 1964, 7 August 1965, 14 August 1965

Haliburton Highlands - 12 September 1964

Haltonville - 18 July 1953

Hamilton - 24 January 1959

Hamilton – Cootes Paradise - 19 September 1953, 14 August 1954

Hamilton – Dundurn Castle - 27 March 1954

Hamilton – Education–History - 20 March 1954

Hamilton – Grimsby Area - 22 May 1957

Hamilton – Incline Railways - 6 March 1954

Hamilton – Macassa - 17 April 1954

Hamilton – Market - 21 August 1954

Hamilton – Mountain - 23 April 1955, 30 April 1955, 7 May 1955

Hamilton – Mountainview Hotel - 13 March 1954

Hamilton – Playgrounds - 10 July 1954

Hamilton – Royal Botanical Gardens - 6 February 1954, 20 February 1960, 27 February 1960

Hamilton – Royal Botanical Gardens – Hendrie Park - 9 October 1954

Hamilton – Royal Hotel - 13 March 1954

Hamilton – St. Paul’s Lutheran Church- 23 January 1954

Hamilton – Schools – Closing - 3 July 1954

Hamilton – Spectator Building - 26 December 1953

Hamilton – Victoria Park - 10 April 1954

Hamilton – Whitehern - 30 January 1954

Hamilton Beach - 15 February 1958 [see also Burlington Beach]

Hamilton Harbour - 2 January 1954, 9 January 1954, 22 May 1954

Hannon - 14 July 1951, 7 March 1959

Hanover - 7 December 1957

Harper’s Corners - 19 July 1952, 26 July 1952

Harrisburg - 3 February 1962

Harriston - 5 April 1958

Hastings - 6 August 1960

Havelock - 4 June 1960

Hawkesville - 21 March 1964

Heidleberg - 7 March 1964

Hespeler - 10 October 1953, 27 June 1959

Highways: No 2. Toronto-Kingston - 30 September 1961: No. 6. Hamilton-Port Dover - 23 June 1962: No. 7. Guelph - 17 December 1955: No. 8. Hamilton-Niagara Falls - 7 May 1960: No. 69 - 21 September 1957: No. 97 - 19 October 1957

Highways Canada – Hamilton - 16 September 1958: Trans-Canada Highway - 17 September 1960

Hillsburgh - 9 August 1958

Homer - 31 October 1964

Hornby - 5 October 1952, 21 April 1962

Huntsville - 30 May 1953

Huttonville - 19 October 1963